That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Eureka! I have found it.
And yet ... it moves.
I see the Earth. It’s so beautiful!
Yuri Gagarin
Who said What?
Unit 15. Space Conquest
A. Reading
Look and listen
I. Vocabulary
- conquest /ˈkɒŋ.kwest/ (n)
the act of taking control of a country, city, etc
- lift off /ˈlɪft ɒf/ (phr v)
- orbit /ˈɔː.bɪt/ (n)
- cosmonaut /ˈkɒz.mə.nɔːt/ (n)
an astronaut from the country previously called the Soviet Union
- psychological tension:
pressure on psychology
- venture /ˈven.tʃər / (n)
a new activity, usually in business, which involves risk or uncertainty
- feat /fiːt/ (n)
sth difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, bravery, etc. to achieve it
Ex: The Eiffel Tower is a remarkable feat of engineering.
- gravity /ˈgræv.ɪ.ti/ (n)
Ex: the laws of gravity
II. Reading Practice
1. Task 1.
Match the headings to the paragraphs.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
A. The tragic accident
B. The lift-off
C. Congratulations
D. A view on Earth
E. Uncertainties
Who became the first person to eat and drink in weightlessness?
2. Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions.
How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
How long was he in space?
What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space light?
What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space ?
He was 27 years old then.

2. How long was he in space ?
He was in space for 108 minutes.

3. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight ?
They were what would happen to a human being in space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension.

4 . What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth ?
It was more than 17,000 miles per hour.

5. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?
Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.

6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero ?
After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.
III. Consolidation
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Launching spacecraft
1. What was the name of the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin into space?
A. Vostok 1
B. Sputnik 1
C. Apollo 11
Sorry!
2. What title was Yuri Gagarin given after his death?
A. Knight
B. National Hero
C. National Liberation Hero
3. What was the first animal to orbit the earth?
A. a frog
B. a monkey
C. A dog
4. How many space flights did Yuri Gagarin make?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
5. Which U.S President sent a telegram to Moscow to congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ?
A. Richard Nixon
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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6. Only three countries have put a human in space using their own launching technology, two of them are the United States and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union). Which is the third country? ?
A. France
B. North Korea
C. China
Vietnam
Russia
Congratulations
Congratulations
Consolidation
Thank you